ADI Driver?

[jesusroks]

Hey, I have an IBM thinkpad, and the soundcard is onboard ADI soundmax. Where would I find a driver for that. It worked with windows. Now it only works if I use headphones.
any suggestions??

[reed9]

We need more info. Open a terminal and post the output of

head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*

[jesusroks]

We need more info. Open a terminal and post the output of

head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*

LOL, I do not know linux AT ALL! I am actually going to need to know what a terminal is. I would assume it was like, windows explorer, but that says nauticus can't handle that type of outcome or something.

[reed9]

No problem.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal in your menu to open and then just copy and paste in the command.

You may be interested in this firefox addon as well. It gives you a right click context menu to run a command from the web in your terminal. But be careful running stuff off the web!

[jesusroks]

hey thanks...I put it in, and I got this....
head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*
Codec: Analog Devices AD1981
spencer@spencer:~$


Is that the corect information?

[reed9]

Yup. That's what I was looking for.

A couple of things to try first. From the terminal do

alsamixer

You'll get a text based mixer program. Make sure that the Master and PCM channels are unmuted. (Navigate with the arrow keys left and right, press m to toggle mute/unmute.)

Also, sometimes if the Headphone or Line Jack are unmuted, sound will fail out the the normal speakers. So try muting those.

If that doesn't help, there are some options we can try passing to the sound driver. Hit ALT+F2 to open a run dialogue (or do this from a terminal) and enter

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Enter a line

options snd-hda-intel model=hp

We'll just do it the easy way and reboot after each try. So if that doesn't work next on the list (replace the above)

options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad

then

options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

Hopefully one of those options will work out.

FYI, as a point of interest, I'm pulling these options from here, under your codec AD1981. I have a STAC9205 codec and have to pass the option eapd on my gateway laptop to get sound.

[jesusroks]

Hey thanks so much.
None of those actually worked

I tried then changing thinkpad to thinkcentre...and still nothing
(would it have mattered if I put all of those in at the same time, and then restarted to see if one worked? anyways....maybe I put it in the wrong place. take note of where it is placed...

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
options snd-hda-intel model=thinkcentre
options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

also take note of the

# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2

Anyways, My computer is a desktop, m52 8125 I think...IBM


Soundcard I believe is ADI soundmax....

I appreciate it alot.

Also, as for the point of interest....LOL I couldnt understand where you pulled the CODES from that site, or most of that site.....lol sorry....

more help/suggestions would be great
thanks so much

[jesusroks]

i cut soem stuff out, so here is the whole codec..just in case maybe it will help?


# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
options snd-hda-intel model=thinkcentre
options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N